Rotational Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Band 6 Rotational Occupational Therapist

At Chelsea and Westminster hospital we offer an unique opportunity to rotate through a range of both outpatient and inpatient clinical areas. The rotations are 8 months long and  clinical specialties available as rotations are Critical care and rehabilitation, Medical Rehabilitation and Frailty,  Emergency and acute assessment , Trauma and orthopaedics, Neurology ,  Hand therapy and  Burns and plastics.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has come up for for an Occupational Therapist to join our band 6 rotation within the Therapy Service at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation trust.  The post will rotate through a wide variety of specialties and clinical settings and allow for supported learning, development of skills and professional development in both in and outpatient environments.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As an integral member of the Acute Therapy Service you will be supported in developing your clinical skills, integration with the wider MDT and community services.  As an education focused team, you will have access to an in-service training programme, clinical and peer supervision, as well as, wider learning and development opportunities. We encourage our staff to actively participate in both service improvement and leadership development.

We have strong links with our local universities, enabling us to make valuable contributions to fieldwork education. You will be given the opportunity to supervise both students, junior and Therapy assistants. We have a structured model for supervision and appraisal that will support you in developing your management skills.